Balkan Peace Team (Minden) Archives

Period 1993-2001
Total size   8.75 m.
Consultation Restricted
Permission required until 2023 for inv.nos. 1-58, 70-85, 87, 90-220; inv.nrs. 59-60 (personal files) are closed until 2023
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History

The Balkan Peace Team started in 1993 as a joint project by a number of organizations including the Bund für soziale Verteidigung (Germany), International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), Peace Brigades International (PBI) and War Resisters International (WRI) after receiving requests from Croatia and Kosovo for an international presence; from 1994 to 2001 the team worked for the peaceful resolution of conflict in former Yugoslavia by involving international volunteers in work with local peace and human rights groups; the project aimed at nonviolent conflict resolution, civil society development, co-operating with and encouraging development of NGOs and human rights advocacy, supporting local activists and providing an international presence where needed; the member organizations closed down the team in April 2001.

Content

Minutes of the General Assembly of the Balkan Peace Team 1994-2000; minutes of the coordinating committee 1993-1999; documents concerning the coordinating committee 1993-2001; correspondence of the coordinating committee with persons and organisations; documents concerning the member organisations, the Alert Network and other organisations; personal files concerning volunteers; documents concerning fundraising, public relations and internal communication; documents and files concerning the activities of Otvorene Oči (Open Eyes), the croatian branch of BPT, including reports, files concerning housing and evictions and other subjects 1994-1999; documents concerning activities of BPT in Kosovo and former Yugoslavia.

Processing information

Inventory made by Bernard Mantel in 2004